Additives

polyolefins

Polyolefins Technology Continues to Evolve

New resins and additives among highlights of SPE Polyolefins 2017.

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Commodity Resins

Additive Boosts PP’s Tensile Strength, Heat Deflection and Flex Mod

The company’s approach involves the use of zinc salts, a new class of polyolefin additives.

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Extruding with Fillers

You can use the reference point from processing unfilled polymer to determine whether you can run filled resin on your current system.

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Additives

Lanxess to Acquire Chemtura

Chemtura shareholders approve acquisition which will will make Lanxess one of the major players in additives for a broad range of industries.

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color

Compounder, Color Concentrate House Turns 50

Modern Dispersions founder Janos Kozma's started in his garage after he emigrated from Hungary.

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polyolefins

New Resins & Additives Galore at K 2016

A wide range of interesting developments in materials technologies were sprinkled in with some intriguing announcements of new ventures at K 2016.

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Construction

PolyOne’s 2018 Color Palettes Influenced by Global Megatrends

The four new palettes were developed to resonate with evolving and long-term societal trends.

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Additives

Baerlocher to Expand Metal Soap Capacity by 50%

The scheduled major expansion is driven by accelerating demand for stabilizers and other additives from the North American PE and PVC industries.

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color

Color Trends Suggest Disappointment but Also Determination

Clariant鈥檚 ColorForward team predicts 2018 colors to be organic tinged with grey, reflecting a 鈥渄ark mood鈥 among consumers.

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Additives

BASF Plans Global Expansion in Additives

More light-stabilizer production slated in Alabama.

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Plastics Size Reduction